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GREENBR1ER (W. VA.) NEws.-The fol-
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pendent
Mr.. Geo. White, of Whites Draft, An
thongs Greek, died on Wednesday morn
ing the 18th instant, about o'clock, aged
about Is years. Mr.. White was a premi-
nent member Of the Presbyterian church for
number of years, and was highly honered
and respected by all whe knew him.
Mr.. Thomas G. McClntic in the Williams
burg District, met with serious accident.
His horse fell on the lee with him, and fell
on and fractured his leg below the knee
joint. He was attended and the necessary
surgical aid rendered by DR.. B. NJ. Camp
bell, and is deing as well as might be ex-
pected of a man of his age.
Major Andrew Beirnc,. postmaster at
Lewisburg, has been confined to his home
for week past by indisposition.
During the year 1886 one hundred and
twenty-thrse marriage licenses were issued
by the Clerk of Greenorier County Court
against ninety eight for the previous year.
DEATH OF Mrs. SENATOR VOORHEES,, OF
INDIANA.-Mrs. Voorhees,, the wife of
Senator Daniel W. Voorhees,, died at their
residence, 1901 I street northwest, Wash
ington, at 5 O'Clock last Friday afternoon
of acute peritonitis. She was AIKEN sick on
Monday before with congestive chills, fol-
lowed by Inflammation of the bowels,
which terminated fatally. Her death was
quiet and peaceful, and she passed away
surrounded by all her immediate family,
her husband, three grown sons, and one
daughter. Mrs. Voorhees, was born in
Greencastle, Ind, in 1882, and was the
daughter of Mr.. Reese Hardesty, Of that
place. Her remains will be buried at Terre
Haute, Indiana.
Mrs. Voorhees, leaves three grown sons,
one Of whom is delegate in Congress, from
Washington territory, and another bril-
liant young physician, now practising in
New York city. H e arrived seon after her
illness and assisted DR.. Sewers in the treat
ment of his mother.
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nual increase of the population is less than
2 per cent, the annual increase of ply
sicians is more than 81 per cent 1t is said
that there are nearly 1000 more physicians
in the State of Illinois than are necessary.
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1t is stated that Gen. Boulanger has Or
dered the commanders of all French for
tresses to be at their posts before February
On
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Large assortment just received and opened.
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The President and Mrs. Cleveland at
tended the Charity Ball in Baltimore last
Monday night.
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A dispatch from Shanghai, China, Jan.
paul, from Louden, collided with and sunk
Chinese transport. One hundred soldiers
and several manda1ins were drowned.
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COMMENCING PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
On the 10Th instant, the lower House of the
Legislature of North Carolina, passed the
following resolution
"Whereas both the democratic and re-
publican parties in their national platforms,
Presidents Hayes, Garfield and Arthur in
their several messages to Congress, and
President Cleveland in his latter of accept
ance and numerous ether official documents,
all have recognized the imperative need Of
reform in the civil service of the United
States government; now, therefore, be it
resolved by the House of Representatives,
the Senate concurring, that the efforts of
his Exeellency Grover Cleveland to elevate
and purify the public service of the United
States government meet with the hearty ap-
probation of this General Assembly"
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KIRMEs IN WHsHINeToN.-The Wash
ington Kirmes began last Monday night.
The costumes in all the dances were very
effective, and each dance received vigorous
applause. Many ladies and gentlemen in
high positions there were among the mana
gers and dancers. After the conclusion of
the programme there was general dancing
and supper.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-01-26

We have a large stock OF all kinds on hand
and as handsome as can be found in the VAL
ley of Virginia. Our aim will be to render this
service at the most reason able rates and lower
than has been usual in this city.
Mr. G. Z. HENDERSON of our establishment
has sbeen chosen to give special attention to
our Undertaking department., for which he is
well qualified In all respects
jams Stiff LUSHBAUGH BROS. & co.
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''Jeb" Stuart's Daughter.

1t must be difficult for the old veterans
who read the account of the marriage of ].
E. B. Stuart's daughter to realize that only
20 years have passed since the great cavalry
man ratified his sabre to the tune of
"Ifyou want to have fun
JUS jine the cavalry"
ameng the hills of Virginia. Altogether,
the wedding group and the circumstances
that surrounded the incident were striking
and suggestive. The young lady herself
was but an infant and not able to under
stand the significance of the announcement
when it was flashed over the wires that Jsb
Stuart had been shot at Yellow Tavern and
was dying As she stood under her bridal
veil at Staunton she heard her full maiden
name for the last time-Virginia, for the
State he loved so we'll, Pelha IN, for the boy
artillerist who won praise on the field of
battle from the immortal Lee, and who fol-
lowed her illustrious father, and Stuart,
over whose memory the story writer and
historian love to linger. Virginia Pelham
Stuart; it seems pity to have swallowed
up such heritage even in honorable matri-
mony. At the marriage there were gifts
from Gen. Jubal EARLY, from the Stuart
Horse Guards, from Gems. Cook, Eppa
Hunton, and GUSTS Lee, and a message
from PARKWAY Count Borcke in his Rhenish
castle, who served upon Stuart's staff and
was wounded by his side, was delivered at
the close of the ceremony. The clergyman
himself was, in the stormy days of 81 to '64,
on Stuart's staff. To complete this picture
we have only to add that by the groom,
Robert Page Waller. of Norfolk, stood his
brother in the full uniform of Lieutenant
in the United States Navy.-Macon (Ga.)
Telegraph, Jan. II.
We will add that the groom is grandson
of Ex-Gov. Littleter Waller Tazewell, who
was also U. s. Senator from Virginia, ::and
stood, in his day, in the front rank of the
Bar of the Q. s. Supreme Court.
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Gen. William Terry writes long article
in the Wytheville Enterprise of Wednesday
in explanation and defence of the old
''Stonewall Brigade" as to the part it took
in the battle of Charlottesville in May,
1868, one Colonel Landon. of North Caro-
lima, having, in a recent address at Raleigh,
charged that that brigade "bshaved in a
cowardly manner, and refused to advance
when ordered to do So" We never suppos-
ed that the courage or patriotism of the old
'Stonewall Brigade" would ever be brought
into question even by the worst enemies Of
the south, but such is life and heap of
history in these days when people write and
speak about thousands of things of which
they are entirely ignorant. The sold
Stonewall," hewever, will live and be con-
secratea in the hearts of the people long af-
ter their traducers are lest and forgotten
Lynchburg Aduance.
The bravery, hsroism, and patriotism of
the "Stonewall Brigade" needs no defense.
Distraction cannot sully its fame, and it is
crowned with laurels that will never fade.
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1t will be an evil day for us when the re-
spect and obedience to the decisions of our
courts, which have always been accorded
to them, is done away with. Then mob
law will take the place of the courts and
violence prevail Whatever may be cur
opinions as to the guilt or innocence of a
criminal, it is. the part of wisdom, and the
part of safety to acquiesce in the findings of
the court and thus maintain the majesty of
the law-Bedford Democrat
A great deal of morbid sensibility was
displayed by people scattered through the
State, and the attempt to manufacture
public opinion was persistent; but we are
convinced that the sentimental view of the
case had no existence in the minds of the
great mass of the people. During all this
time the Governor was harassed bya great
seass of responsibility. He examined the
case with care and intelligence, and the re.
suit of his investigation is already known
to our readers. His decision rests upon the
finding Of the jury, the opinion of the judge
that tried, ana the attorney who prosecuted
the case, and also on the ruling of the
Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia. He
was fortified as to the facts aud the law,
and as the Executive head of the State he
decided the matter in the interests of justice
and public morality. That he acted wise
ly, as far as human understanding is con-
cerne,i, admits of little debate, and this
will be the public judgment within the State
and beyond her borders. -NorfoM Land
mark
In tbs execution of Cluverius the public
will be rid of very annoying subject.
What WIS done on the 14th instant should
have been done more than year ago, if
done at AL. The attempt Of some people to
blame Gev. Lee for his action in not COM
nuting tie sentence of the prisoner, after
having given him respite of month, shows
q lack of common sense and proper appre-
citation of the duties and powers of the Gov
eruor of the State. If q sympathstic Gov
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The Lee Monument.

BERTHA Won HILLERN.
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1t is not the province of the Governor to
try cases to ascertain the guilt of the party;
that dnty is laid on the courts. That Gu
verius had fair trial is not denied That
any new evidence has been discovered is
not claimed. That any mitigating Cir
cumstancss existed which were not con-
sidered by the judge and jury, does not ap-
pear.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1887-08-20

Zeke complains that all his old
friends have "faded and gone
from the, Stone Kitchen. Yes,
we believe she went to housekeep-
ing in Frankfort several years ago.
The old Stone Kitchen. in good
old "ante bellum' days, was for
all the world the very place where
men Of Zeke's stripe could have
been imbued with the idea Of fight
ing for one cause and talking and
writing for another. Reversing
the old maxim by making it paper
ballots for your enemies and lead
bullets for your friends.
Poor Zeke fought, bled, and
wanted to die with his friends in
the last war. Now these same
friends have become old fogies;
opposed to progress; opposed to
education and opposed to Repub-
licanism, and he never tires Of
bringing out these points and hurl-
ing them with force Of a Hercules
at the innocent heads of his audi
tors. He alone has escaped the
meshes of the entangling net.
Taking his stand upon the sandy
platform of Republicanism. he dis
courses in ravishing strains Of the
beauties of an education for the
masses of the people; tells us how
much better it would be if we
would steal the money collected to
pay out debts with and aid our
schools with it. With a loud out
cry he says our taxes are too great;
that the Democrat party will make
our taxes higher and more burden
some; but if the people say we
will pay no tax to build railroads,
aid banks or other corporations,
he says we are old fogies and op-
posed to progress. So, like the
child building cob houses to be
knocked down, he builds up one
theory and demolishes it with
another.
Poor Zeke, you have our SYM
patty for your weakness, for lay
ing aside righteous principles and
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1887-08-20
Come Early and Make Your Selection.

The last wild effort was getting
his horn under the coat tails of
very worthy gentleman named
Bradley, who was making his way
to Frankfort, and tossing, cavort-
ing, pushing and showing, never
letting up. until Mr.. Bradley was
left struggling in the cold and
Shiny waters CT Salt river. He
passes under the euphonious cog
nomen Of "Zeke, "and. not having
the good fortune, in his youthful
days, to possess surname. one
was found for him. Zeke's bovine
nature instinctively understood the
modern use of the yoke. When
the social problem Of what to do
with the colored people after their
freedom came up for solution, Zeke
very laconically said, yoke 'em."
This oft-repeated solution became
so characteristic and individualized
that he now is known as Zeke
Yoke EN- or Zeke Yocum. He
has a half-brother living in Leba-
non, KY, named Joe Yocum,
although Joe is much more consis-
tent in his politics. religion and
morals than his brother. Joe has
been a good Republican all his
life, while Zeke professed to be
good Democrat until about year
ago, when, in one of his wild
freaks, he jumped out Of the good
old Democratic ship into the rot
ten Republican tub, after the bot
tom had burned out of the tub.
Since which time he is but repeat
ing the old story of butting the
locomotive off the bridge. He
writes fantastic letters; writes sar-
castle letters; writes funny letters;
writes raging letters; writes letters
bubbling over with self-conceit.
He knows, yes he knows, just how
Uncle Sam should drive his wagon
to avoid all the rough places, and
then he don't know how to keep
in smooth places.
Only last week he very inno-
Gently says, speaking of General
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Apathy 81 don't know whether he
was Federal or Confederate Off
GER Why don't you know that,
for twenty-four years prior to 1855,
Gen. Apathy ran this great gov
eminent in his own interest? His
name indicates his disposition
want of feeling for the people. He
it was who gave to great railroad
corporations millions of dollars in
land that did not belong to him;
engineered the Credit Mobilier
steal; induced public officials to
tarnish their honor by grabbing
money out of the public treasury;
planned the deliberate stealing of
the Presidency in 1876, and who
coaXed the people to levy tax
upon themselves to raise money
to pay the national debt, and,
when the people responded with a
patriotic and lavish hand, changed
his mind and said. 1.-THE people
have plenty of money and we will
steal it from them, we will not pay
the debt, but we will tax them all
the same" Then he tried to give
it to all the camp-followers and
vagabonds that skulked along the
lines during the war, but the true
soldier objected, and President
Cleveland choked him off there.
Afterward he took another turn
and appealed to parental love and
said. II will steal this money and
give it to you to educate your
Children but there was too much
honor and manhood in those par
ents to accept such a dubious gift,
This is the same Gen. Apathy
whom Zeke writes about and calls
him Bill Bradley.
Whatever name you give him
his principles are always the same
-"opposed to the interest of the
people" The next time you
speak of Gen. Apathy call him as
you did in your last letter, Bill
Bradley and you will know for
yourself and every body will UNI
derstand you.
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Communicated.
HARP, KY,
August 18th, 1887.

Dear Editor:
A long-legged, bandy-shanked,
knock-kneed, flop-eared OK, with
one horn has run wild in the arid
desert surrounding Hatton. and
every rag that flaps its fringed
edges in the sultry atmosphere
arouses his taurine nature to such
an extent that the old "rock-rb-
bed" bills in the vicinity reverber-
ate again and again with his wild
believing. The first thing that
seemed to attract his attention and
produce these symptoms Of mania
potu, which alarmed his anxious
friends, was the unfriendly treat
ment his bovine mate received at
the hands Of his excellency, Gov.
Knott.
AS mark of his virtuous indig-
nation he consumed, according to
his own statement, enough tangle
foot to fill five wagons with the
empty bottles, and offers them for
sale in Benson and Bald Knob
precincts as bottles emptied by
Methodist, Baptist and Campbell.
lite deacons.
He afterwards run his remaining
horn against his friend Murray,
goring him to such a degree that
the defunct body, badly mutilated,
was found by sympathizing friends
a thousand miles or so in rear of
Judge r. A. Thomson's present
office. Then began a series of
aimless wanderings in and around
various historic sections, such as
Harper's Ferry, Stone Kitchen
and Craw-more frequently Craw
than anywhere elsewhere, if a
rag was not Haunted in his face. he
absorbed sufficiency of his favor
ite beverage--tangl e-foot--to create
a stir and vent his rage upon
the empty school-houses and
churches in the vicinity. -
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honest government for a ''will.o-
the-wisp."
The party, you have allied your
interest with, has never been
known to reward integrity or rec
oSnize true worth in manhood. or
trust a repenting rebel. Your
facile pen must henceforth be
used in support Of a myth or re-
turn like dog to his vomit.
]. c. WILSON.
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Mr.. Cobb is out in an article
against Prohibition. If Cobb does
not know what should be done
with the extract of corn, to whom
shall we give ear.-Et.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1887-08-20

The rainfall Of Sunday morning
was o. inches, and Of Sunday
night l.. ID inches.
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PRESCRIPTIONS

Carefully compounded. Patent Medicines
Pure Wines and Liquors for medicinal
purposes,
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-15

Let somebody paint the Presidents features
On the face Of a pension warrant, hang it across
the street, and watch closely how many Grand
Army posts viii walk under it-Abilene REFLEc-
TOR
Every old soldier should note the fact
that the Abilene REFLECTOR never
loses an opportunity to insult them, as
the above clearly evidences. We be-
lieve that every soldier would march
under it, having an eye single to the
certificate and with a clear conscience
that he had paid for it thousand
times over. Nor would they stop to
heed petty insults from some blind,
ungrateful and stupid partisan.-Chap-
man Courier.
The article credited to the ABILENE
REFLECTOR was not original with the
REFLECTOR, but clipped from an ex-
change, and the editor of the Courier
knows it. When the editor of the
Courier says, EVERY old soldier should
note the fact that the ABILENE RE-
FLECToR never loses an opportunity to
insult them," he stoops on a level with
the hogwash that he publishes every
week, and furthermore, he lies. The
REFLECTOR honors an old soldier, but
every man who wears the G. A. r.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-15
Union Meeting.

Abilene Post, Corps and Camp
held another one of their enjoyable
joint meetings at the Court House last
evening, with quite large attendance
from each society present. The pro-
gram Of the evening is gotten up
alternately by each society, that OF
last evening was under the management
of the Post.
The st. Louis Encampment was
under discussion, as to how many were
going and by what route, but nothing
was definitely settled. Mr.. j. w.
Gibson, Post Commander of Banner
Post, was present, and expressed the
desire of Banner Post to 80 with Abb
lene.
The committee having the matter in
charge are Comrades Nelson, LambOrn
and Brown, to whom all should report,
whether members of the organization
or not.
The evening was very pleasantly
spent, the house was we'll filled. Com
rade Campbell read an original poem
which was very fine and loudly ap-
plauded. Comrade Reagan read very
fine poem on the return of the flags,
which was very well received. The
ladies contributed their share to the
enjoyment of the evening, especially
was this the case with Mrs. Ander-
son, the accomplished wife of the Post
Commander, who led the singing.
These meetings have tendency to
unite the old boys in a closer bond of
union and sympathy for each other, and
a renewal of the tie that binds one
soldier to another, and which he alone
can understand. Friends may 60 back
on him, fortune may fail, his life may
be all darkness, but once inside the
Post room the poorest as we'll as the
richest is sure of welcome. All rank
and title is laid aside and only the fact
inquired into is that he has an honor
able war record to insure him cheer
ssul and happy greeting.
May the old soldiers of Dickinson
county, their wives, children and
friends live to hold more of these
pleasant and enjoyable meetings. This
is the wish of one who was present but
who is not member. SPECTATOR.